Thank you so... much everyone for pointing out that looking to the future and not the here and now is the way to go.

I am only a third of the way through my weight lost so with time; and as you have kindly pointed out the heaviness I feel will end up as just loose skin "which I won't have any problem living with when I reach my goal weight"

Even now I feel a lightness in my steps and a spring in my feet when out walking my two Staffordshire dogs and with the benefit of good undergarments this will stop me being self-conscious of my wobbles.

I know my weight loss will be coming off more slowly from now on, but I’m hoping I can still loose 6lb a month which will take me up to January 2018 give or take a couple of months - that will be the light at the end of the tunnel and a goal that I have wanted to achieve for many years.